Jeremiah 40:1-3

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Jeremiah Is Set Free

40 The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan, commander of the guards, had ·set Jeremiah free at the city of [released/^Lsent him from] Ramah. He had found Jeremiah in Ramah bound in ·chains [fetters] with all the ·captives [exiles] from Jerusalem and Judah who were being ·taken away [exiled] to Babylon. ² When commander ·Nebuzaradan [^Lof the guards] ·found [^Ltook] Jeremiah, Nebuzaradan said to him, “The Lord your God announced this ·disaster [evil; trouble] would come to this place. ³ And now the Lord has done everything he ·said [promised] he would do. This ·disaster [evil; trouble] happened because you [^Cthe people of Judah] sinned against the Lord and did not ·obey him [^Llisten to his voice].